It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane - putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Nowhere on the globe do men live so well as in America, or grumble so much.

Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.

The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Victories are easy and cheap. The only victories worth anything are those achieved through hard work and dedication.